We'd argue that the "wow" factor still isn't there quite yet, but we'll admit: Symbian^4 is clearly going to be a bit of a departure from the versions that came before it. The Symbian Foundation has posted the first handful of home screen UI shots on its developer wiki recently showing redesigned widgets, app categories and search, pop-up menus, and a standard-issue numeric touchscreen keypad -- and unlike Nokia's concept videos from before, these are from a real emulator running real code.

Wel, there's not much more innovation possible for a finger touch ui. Gestures, icons, scrolling, and the like... it's all been done before. Some look nicer than others, but none of them are actually innovating anything new.